The London Olympics' monstrous, record-setting McDonald's: By the numbers

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The newly constructed McDonald's at Olympic Park in East London features 20 cashier lines and is expected to serve 14,000 diners a day. AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis

June 26, 2012

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The London Olympics are the world's biggest showcase for athletes at the pinnacle of physical fitness and health. But this summer, the Olympics will also play host to the world's biggest hocker of hamburgers and fries. McDonald's just announced the exact scope of its temporary restaurant at the London Olympics — and it's a "1,500-hundred seat monstrosity," says The Daily Beast. Here's how the record-setting fast food establishment breaks down:

4McDonald's locations at the Olympics. Besides the super-sized flagship, there's one normal restaurant, one eatery in Athletes Village, and another in the Media Center.

24Hours the Athletes Village McDonald's will be open each day. "The one in Athletes Village is likely to be the busiest of all of them and athletes know more than most people what they should and shouldn't be eating," says Jill McDonald, chief executive of McDonald's U.K.

2,000Staffers McDonald's will bring in to work at the four locations

36Years McDonald's has been an official Olympics sponsor. Britain's Academy of Royal Medical Colleges recently complained that having the fast food giant as an Olympic sponsor sends the wrong message.

12,000Calories that U.S. Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps reportedly consumes each day during training, according to Fox News. (Phelps denies the report.)

2,500 to 3,000Calories a day that the average man should consume, according to the FDA

540Calories in a Big Mac

22Big Macs Phelps could theoretically consume each day of the Olympics under his reported eating regimen

17Days the London Olympics will last, from the Opening Ceremony on July 27 to the Closing Ceremony on August 12

374Big Macs Phelps could theoretically consume throughout the entire games